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Santa's Little Spy

If your kids keep asking you how Santa knows who's been naughty or nice, tell them he has an elf spying on them.

The "Elf on the Shelf" is the creation of Carol Aebersold, who decided to take her family's Christmas tradition global. When her kids were little, they asked her the same question. She found a stuffed elf doll amongst her Christmas decorations and explained that the elf watches them and reports back to the big elf himself.

For $24.95 you can purchase your own elf spy. It comes with a story book and a keepsake box. You place the elf where is can watch over the family, then read the story to your kids. When they go to bed, you move it to where it can watch them.

Once your family gives the elf a name, you can register it on the Elf on the Shelf website.